What is a multiple treatments meta-analysis?
Standard meta-analyses are an effective tool in evidence-based medicine, but one of their main drawbacks is that they can compare only two alternative treatments at a time. Moreover, if no trials exist which directly compare two interventions, it is not possible to estimate their relative efficacy....
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author | Cipriani, A Barbui, C Rizzo, C Salanti, G |
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description | Standard meta-analyses are an effective tool in evidence-based medicine, but one of their main drawbacks is that they can compare only two alternative treatments at a time. Moreover, if no trials exist which directly compare two interventions, it is not possible to estimate their relative efficacy. Multiple treatments meta-analyses use a meta-analytical technique that allows the incorporation of evidence from both direct and indirect comparisons from a network of trials of different interventions to estimate summary treatment effects as comprehensively and precisely as possible. |
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spelling | oxford-uuid:87d461ad-314f-4ca9-bddc-fe6c4f48e8bb2022-03-26T22:13:06ZWhat is a multiple treatments meta-analysis?Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:87d461ad-314f-4ca9-bddc-fe6c4f48e8bbEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2012Cipriani, ABarbui, CRizzo, CSalanti, GStandard meta-analyses are an effective tool in evidence-based medicine, but one of their main drawbacks is that they can compare only two alternative treatments at a time. Moreover, if no trials exist which directly compare two interventions, it is not possible to estimate their relative efficacy. Multiple treatments meta-analyses use a meta-analytical technique that allows the incorporation of evidence from both direct and indirect comparisons from a network of trials of different interventions to estimate summary treatment effects as comprehensively and precisely as possible. |
spellingShingle | Cipriani, A Barbui, C Rizzo, C Salanti, G What is a multiple treatments meta-analysis? |
title | What is a multiple treatments meta-analysis? |
title_full | What is a multiple treatments meta-analysis? |
title_fullStr | What is a multiple treatments meta-analysis? |
title_full_unstemmed | What is a multiple treatments meta-analysis? |
title_short | What is a multiple treatments meta-analysis? |
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